188 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 151

(c) Upon passing an examination in any subject, the appli-
cant shall receive the same credit or credits granted for the
subject in the regular high school course. When such appli-
cant has obtained either by examinations as provided for in
this Section, or by attendance at an approved high school, or
by a combination of both means, the credits required for grad-
uation from an approved State high school, the State Board
of Education shall issue to the applicant a certificate which
shall be the legal equivalent of a high school diploma and
which in addition shall be accepted as meeting the State re-
quirements of a high school education for admission to the
study of the various professions and vocations.

(d) The State Board of Education is empowered to adopt
rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1941.

Approved April 28, 1941.

CHAPTER 151.
(House Bill 345)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
277 of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico County", sub-title
"Salisbury", providing for the duties of policemen and for
the appointment of special officers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 277 of Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico
County", sub-title "Salisbury", providing for the duties of
policemen and for the duties of special officers be, and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so
as to read as follows:

277. The said policemen so appointed shall have all the
police powers of constables in this State, and it shall be their
duty to enforce the by-laws, resolutions and ordinances of
said city and the laws of the State of Maryland relating to
crimes and misdemeanors committed in said city. The Mayor,
or in his absence or disability, the President of the Council,
may appoint special policemen, with all the powers of the
regular policemen, for a term of not exceeding thirty days
when deemed necessary so to do, the one appointing to fix the